If youíre a fan of hardcore wrestling, then this is a must have tape for all of you. This show is absolutely sick!!! Thumbtacks get stuck in peoplesí heads, wrestlers receive bad burns, and there is a combined stitch count of more than 500!! BUCKETS OF BLOOD!!!!!

More than 27,000 fans packed into Korakuen baseball stadium in Tokyo to see this match between the two biggest legends of wrestling in their time. Lou Thesz, the perenial world heavyweight champion, and Rikidozan, Japanís first pro wrestling superstar. The two wrestled to a 60-minute draw in a two-out-of-three-fall match with neither man winning a fall.

On television, the match drew an 87.0 rating, the largest TV rating ever and a record that stands to this day. Their matches popularized pro wrestling in Japan and gave the sport mainstream acceptance.